Name-plate for organ stop-draws



U. PRATT, P. A. su H. P. DENI'SON.

Name Plate for Organ Stop Draws.

No. 242,692. Patented June 7,1881.

Mbzesses UNITED STATES ULYSSES PRATT, FELIX PATENT OFFICE.

A. DENISON, AND HORACE I. DENISON, OF DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT.

NAME-PLATE FOR ORGAN STOP-DRAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,692, dated June 7, 1881.

Application filed October 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ULYssEs PRATT, FE- LiX A. DENIsoN, and HORACE l?. DENIsoN, of Dee'p River, in the county ot' Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Name-Plates or Labels for the Stop-Knobs of Organs and other Musical Instruments, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, ref- Io erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification.

This invention relates to labels or nameplates for draw-knobs or stops of organs, melodeons, and other musical instruments. These name-plates, tablets, or labels, which serve to indicate the character of the stops, have heretofore been made of ivory or other suitable material, in the shape of flat plates or disks` on which the names of the stops are stamped or zo otherwise inscribed, and which are afterward cemented to or into the faces of the knobs proper, a piece ot' cloth being generally interposed between the plate and the wood to facilitate the adhesion of the cement. Nameplates thus made and secured are liable to become detached from the knobs to which they are applied.

Our invention consists in the combination, with the draw-knob or stop-knob ot' an organ 3o or other musical instrument, of a name-plate provided on its back with a spur or stud, which is made to t closely within aholc in the knob provided for its reception, and which enables the said plate to be more perfectly secured in 3 5 place by the cement or adhesive material employed for the purpose. In order to save stock and obtain other advantages, when such nameplate is made of Celluloid or other molded material, theinvention further consists in making 4o such spur hollow, to give it the character ot' a liange.

The invention also consists in the construction of such name-plate with a raised tlan ge on its face, which not only serves to materially 4 5 stiften it, so that the body ot' the plate may be made thinner or lighter, but to also ornament the plate, and to conceal the cement or 1naterial used to secure said plate to the knob.

In the accompanyingdrawin gs, Figurel represents a perspective view of an organ-stop constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 an edge view of the name-plate detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ot' a modification.

A is the name-plate orlabel, which may either be made 'of ivory or other material that admits of being turned to bringit into shape, or which may be made ot' celluloid or other suitable composition that admits of being molded into the 6o required form ot` the name-plate or label. It is preferred, however, to make it of cellnloid or other composition of similar nature composed in part of a librous substance or substances, with the name of the stop molded in it, inasmuch as a name-plate or label of such material answers the purpose as well as one of ivory, which is a much more expensive substance, and is of course greatly superior to the cheap paper and glass labels that have been 7o used on organ-stops in the place of ivory.

B is the knob proper, made of wood or any other suitable material, and to which the nameplate A may be secured by glue, shellac, or other adhesive material or cement.

Said name-plateApresents the usual form of a disk with the name of the stop marked on it; but itis formed at its back with acentral spur or stud, b, which, when the plate is cemented in or applied`to the face of' the knob, tightly 8o lits or is secured by cement within a hole, c, in the knob, and most ettectually serves to prevent the accidental detachment of the nameplate from the knob. When said name-plate is made of ivory or other matei ial that requires to be turned to bring it to the required shape, then the spur or stud b is solid; but when the name-plate is made of celluloid or other material that admits of it being molded into the required form, then said spur or stud may be 9o made hollow, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, in which case it may be made of a diameter nearly as large as that of the plate, in which case it assumes the character ota tlange, as will be seen by reference to c e, Fi 4.

Formed on and around the margin of the name-plate A is or maybe also a raised ilange,

d, of a size that will cause it to closely tit within the recess in the knob, in which the body of the plate is inserted and secured. This 10o lian ge not only sti'ens and ornaments the plate, so that the latter may bc made thinner than usual, but itprevents any exposure at the edges of the plate of the glue or cement used to secure the plate to the knob, and gives a close finish.

We claiml. The combination, with the draw-knob or stop-knob of an organ or other musical instrument, of a name-plate or label having on its back a spur, stud, or flange which enters a cavity provided for it in the knob, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. A name-plate or label for the stops of organs and other musical instruments, composed ofa molded material or composition, and formed ,With a hollow spur, stud, or flan ge on its back, essentially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A name-plate or label for the stops of organs and other musical instruments, construct- 2o cd with a raised flange on its face around the margin of the plate, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ULYSSES PRATT. FELIX A. DENISON. HORACE P. DENISON. 

